I don't wear make up because when I did I hated the fact that I spent half my time feeling I looked ok and the rest of the time (ie when bare faced) feeling that I looked rubbish. I only felt like that because I saw the contrast every day. Now that I've spent over a decade seeing the exact same version of myself in the mirror every day, I'm quite happy with how I look because I'm used to it. It only took a few months to get to that point.

Personally I'm unable to grasp the idea of wearing makeup just for myself and not to impress others. (I'm not arguing with you, just saying I can't personally identify with that mindset). I know what I look like - wearing make up doesn't make me feel better about myself, it makes me feel worse. To me the only potential benefit would be to impress other people but I simply don't care enough.

YANBU to wonder, though. I wonder why people do wear it (Why do they bother? Isn't it annoying not being able to rub your eyes or wear a white scarf? Isn't it a chore having to take it off every night?) We're all different.

I do usually wear a bit of make-up - a bit of eye shadow, mascara, some powder on my shiny nose and some lippy. But a lot of the time I can't be arsed. I know I'm no oil painting with or without make-up, so it's just a case of polishing the turd, as it were.

Anyway, why should I? Why should women have to spend time and money piling gunk on their face when men aren't expected to.

Perhaps they don't want to? Don't feel they need to? Would rather not smear so many chemicals on their face?

I wear a touch of makeup to stop me looking so washed out and crappy, but yesterday I couldn't be arsed plus most of my makeup has dried up, so dropped DD off at nursery and went shopping minus any slap at all. When I got home, DH told me I looked really healthy and glowing. I have to admit, I was gobsmacked. The man rarely pays me compliments, not because he is a knob or anything just he doesn't really notice stuff like make up or clothes or anything like that.

Why the hell do I want to 'make the best of my features' when I'm doing the school run, then going shopping, then coming home to clean? I would rather spend the 10 minutes it would take to put some make-up on having a coffee, thats more likely to make me feel human than a bit of concealer and mascara that I won't be looking at anyway.